1931 in art

January 1 – Stephanie Scuris, Greek-born American artist and sculptor
January 10 – Massimo Vignelli, Italian designer (d. 2014)
January 18 – Jay Maisel, photographer
January 21 – Paul Deliège, Belgian comic strip artist and writer (d. 2005)
January 30 – Linda Nochlin, née Weinberg, American feminist art historian (d. 2017)
February 7 – Serge Danot, French animator (d. 1990)
February 9 – Robert Morris, American sculptor (d. 2018)
February 16 – Irina Dobrekova, Russian painter
February 17 – Fay Godwin, German-born English landscape photographer (d. 2005)
February 18 – Johnny Hart, American cartoonist (d. 2007)
February 21 – Derek Hyatt, English abstract landscape painter (d. 2015)
February 23 – Tom Wesselmann, American pop artist (d. 2004)
February 26
- Radomir Stević Ras, Serbian painter and designer (d. 1982).
- Jacques Rouxel, French animator (d. 2004)
March 4 – Gwilym Prichard, Welsh landscape painter (d. 2015)
March 13 – Michael Podro, English art historian (d. 2008)
March 25 – Jack Chambers, Canadian artist and filmmaker (d. 1978)
April 24 – Bridget Riley, English op art painter
April 25 – David Shepherd, English wildlife, railway and military painter and conservationist (d. 2017)
April 26 – Vera Nazina, Russian painter
April 29 – Frank Auerbach, German-born British painter (d. 2024)
May 10 – Olja Ivanjicki, Serbian painter (d. 2009)
June 7 – Malcolm Morley, English-American photographer and painter
July 8 – Leo Dee, American silverpoint artist (d. 2004)
July 15 – Brian Sewell, English art critic (d. 2015)
July 20 – Sheila Fell, English painter (d. 1979)
July 25 – Carlo Maria Mariani, Italian painter (d. 2021)
July 28 – Hans Schröder, German sculptor and painter (d. 2010)
August 15 – Rose Hilton, English painter (d. 2019)^[3]
August 20 – Bernd Becher, German photographer (d. 2007)
August 24 – Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos, Portuguese artist and professor (d. 2008)
September 24 – Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter (d. 2021)^[4]
October 9 – Stuart Devlin, Australian-born gold/silversmith (d. 2018)
date unknown
- Barrie Cooke, British-born abstract expressionist painter (d. 2014)
- Enno Hallek, Estonian-born Swedish artist

January 7
- Giuseppe Barison, Italian painter (b. 1853)
- Joseph Bernard, French sculptor (b. 1866)
February 3 – Jefferson David Chalfant, American painter (b. 1856)
February 11 – Bela Čikoš Sesija, Croatian Symbolist painter (b. 1864)
March 7
- Theo van Doesburg, Dutch painter and architect, leader of De Stijl (b. 1883)
- Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter (b. 1865)
March 12 – Frida Hansen, Norwegian textile artist (b. 1855)
March 14 – Alfred Grenander, Swedish-born architect (b. 1863)
March 24 – Derwent Lees, Australian figure and landscape painter (b. 1884)
May 1 – Thomas Cooper Gotch, English painter (b. 1854)
May 31 – Willy Stöwer, German marine painter and illustrator (b. 1864)
July 11
- Giovanni Boldini, Italian painter (b. 1842)
- Jean-Louis Forain, French Impressionist painter (b. 1852)
September 14 – Tom Roberts, Australian painter (b. 1856)
September 20 – Max Littmann, German architect (b. 1862)
September 29 – Sir William Orpen, Irish portrait painter (b. 1878)
October 7
- Charles Ricketts, English designer (b. 1866)
- Daniel Chester French, American sculptor (b. 1850)
October 10 – Sir Bertram Mackennal, Australian-born sculptor (b. 1863)
November 17
- Helmut Kolle, exiled German painter, endocarditis (b. 1899)
- Edward Simmons, American Impressionist painter (b. 1852)
December 7 – Leslie Hunter, Scottish painter (b. 1877)
December 31 – Lancelot Speed, British illustrator (b. 1860)
date unknown
- Todor Švrakić, Serbian painter (b. 1882)
- William John Wainwright, English painter (b. 1855)

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